Table of Contents
Introduction Ather Zia Javaid Iqbal Bhat 1
1 In the Arms of Fire Prof. G.R. Malik 27
2 The Life Story of Kashmir Zareef Ahmed Zareef 49
3 Fragments from a Diary: Trials and Tribulations of a Kashmiri life Zahir U Din 63
4 Of Rooms and Resistance: Prisons, Protests, and Politics in Kashmir Mona Bhan 85
5 The Calm and Early Signs of Conflict Anuradha Bhasin Jamwal 101
6 In Memory Lake Mirza Waheed 111
7 My Journey towards Political Consciousness Narrative: Khurram Parvez Written by: Haziq Qadri 129
8 To be Kashmiri in the Present: Politics, Ethics, and History in the Work of Akhtar Mohiuddin Mohamad Junaid 149
9 A Childhood to Insurgency Shahnaz Bashir 193
10 From the Torture Chambers and Back Narrative: Abdul Qadeer Dar Written by: Nawaz Gul Qanungo 205
11 The Vernal Interlude 1989 Mir Khalid 227
12 How I became a Kashmiri Rebel in India Syed Zafar Mehdi 255
References 269
Index 277
Acknowledgements 287